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Eventually, Countway readers will be able to obtain instant photocopies of scientific texts and articles from other regional scientific libraries throughout the country. Computerized filing systems will enable the most dimwitted students to locate the most obscure references.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Med Library Just May Be World's Best | 5/28/1965 | See Source »

As the tales of the labor hoods unfolded under Bobby's stern questioning, he made loyal friends and mortal enemies. Many of the inner circle of the Kennedy team-O'Donnell, Salinger, Advance Man Walter Sheridan-are veteran staffers of the labor rackets committee and the most loyal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Little Brother Is Watching | 10/10/1960 | See Source »

Yet the gains of industrialization-"the base of our social hope"-are still being scorned by Western intellectuals. And the West's pure scientists have been just as "dimwitted" toward its productive engineers: "Their instinct . . . was to take it for granted that applied science was an occupation for second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Two Western Cultures | 7/6/1959 | See Source »

Shifting IQs. Periodic intelligence testing gave parents of dull children the hope that their dimwitted offspring would blossom late; and tests taken throughout life ensured that when IQ went up-or down -jobs changed accordingly. Mere age, of course, commands no respect in a meritocracy; as IQ dips in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Looking Backward, Sourly | 11/17/1958 | See Source »

The Poet's next rendez-vous is a gem. With a graceful, superbly theatrical manner, Lee Jeffries, perfectly cast as The Actress, goes to bed with the poet. "That's better than acting in damn silly plays," she breathes soon after their blackout. Still brilliant in her next scene, she...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: Reigen | 5/17/1957 | See Source »

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